Date:28/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/28/stories/2007112862622200.htm

Sport - Athletics

Kerala emerges overall champion

Sports Reporter

VIJAYAWADA: Kerala emerged overall champion with an impressive haul of 77 medals (37 gold, 26 silver and 14 bronze) in the Reliance 23rd junior National athletics championship that concluded at the IGMC stadium here on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu finished second with 52 medals (13 gold, 16 silver, 23 bronze), while Haryana took the third place with 37 medals.

The final day witnessed saw records from Haryana’s Sudhir Kumar (U-18 boys’ long jump), Delhi’s Arjun Kumar (boys u-16 discus), Gujarat’s Avdesh Kumar (boys u-20 3000m steeplechase) and U.P.’s Krishna Kumar Patel (boys u-18 javelin).

The results:

Boys: U-20: 10,000m: 1. Anand Kumar (Jhk) 32:45.93s, 2. Ravindra Singh (Guj), 3. D. Singh (Har); 4x 400m relay: 1. Tamil Nadu (3:56.87s), 2. Kerala, 3. Andhra Pradesh; 3000m steeplechase: 1. Avdesh Kumar (Guj) 9:42.24s (NMR), 2. Md. Ather Imam (U.P.), 3. Nandgopal (Kar).

U-18: 200m: 1. K. Pavan Kumar (AP) 22.22s, 2. Parveen Kumar (Har), 3. Inderjeet Singh (Pun); 2000m steeplechase: 1. Jiya Lal Bind (U.P.) 6:06.65s, 2. Jai Prakash (Jhk), 3. Ramesh Oroan (Chnd); 4x400m relay: 1. Andhra Pradesh, 2. Tamil Nadu, 3. Haryana; Octathlon: 1. Akhil (Ker) 5200 pts, 2. Ajit Singh (Har), 3. Varun Prakash (Ker); Long jump: 1.Sudhir Kumar (Har) 7.33m (NMR), 2. S.S. Angelo (Ker), 3. Saba Bhagat (Mah); Javelin: 1. Krishna Kumar Patel (U.P.) 67.70m (NMR), 2. Rinku Singh (U.P.), 3. Arvind Kumar (Har).

U-16: 800m: 1. C.M. Neeraj (Ker) 1:57.52s, 2. Manjeet Singh (Har), 3. Arun Kumar (Ker); 1000m medley relay: Kerala (2:02.87s), 2. Delhi, 3. TN; Javelin: 1. D.K. Patel (U.P.) 60.29m, 2. Ashutosh Kumar (Bih), 3. Deven Singh (Man); Discus: 1. Arjun Kumar (Del), 51.34m (NMR), 2. D. Singh (Pun), 3. Kul Tej (Pun); Pentathlon: 1. Ranjeet (Raj) 3309 pts, 2. K. Dilip Kumar (AP), 3. M. Thava Raj (TN).

U-14: Triathlon-A: 1.A.P. Donaldo (TN) 1731 pts, 2. Bichu Joseph (Ker), 3. S.L. Moorthy TN); Triathlon-B: 1. M. Naveen (TN) 1534 pts, 2. Dhinakaran, 3. Manas (Del); Triathlon–C: 1. Vignesh Pandi (TN) 2305 pts, 2. Durgesh Kumar (Guj), 3. Mukesh Kumar (Chhattisgarh).

Girls: U-20: 5000m: K. Rasheswori (Man) 19:09.79s, 2. Betty (Ker), 3. Soumya (Ker).

U-18: 200m: Viji Vijayan (Ker) 26.05s, 2. Shriya Vidwans (Maha), 3. Syali Dravid (Maha); 800m: 1. Anu Mariam Jose (Ker) 2:14.26s, 2. Chinchu Jose (Ker), 3. Sonia (Jhk); 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala (3:54.96s), 2. WB, 3. TN; Medley relay: 1. Kerala (3:56.87s), 2. TN, 3. Karnataka; Heptathlon: 1. Antana Khatun (WB) 4187 pts, 2. Nikshy Joseph (Ker) 3. Dayona (Ker).

U-16: 800m: C.S. Sindhyamol (Ker) 2:16.45s, 2. Anu Raghavan (Ker), 3. Ritu (Har); 1000m medley relay: 1. Kerala (2:20.36s), 2. AP, 3. TN; Discus: 1. T. Manisha (TN) 36m, 2. A. Sindhuja (TN), 3. Smita Das (WB); Pentathlon: 1. T. Khatun (WB) 2760 pts , 2. Sijimol (Ker), 3. Bhavya (Kar); Shot put: 1. N.R. Gunasundari (TN) 11.05m, 2. Subhara Ghosh (WB), 3. A. Sindhuja.

U 14: Triathlon –A: 1. Achuthakumari (AP) 1414 pts, 2. Sinimol (Ker), 3. S. Praneetha (Kar); Triathlon – B: 1. Hema Mohanta (Ori) 1588m, 2. R. Soundarya (TN), 3. A. Sornamalathy (TN); Triathlon- C: 1. Kalyani Sikdar (WB) 2956 pts, 2. Dutee Chand (Ori), 3. Krishnakuzhali (TN).